from Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch,
I’m talking about the folks who bought into the Columbus franchise by lighting piles of money on fire, year after year, when Doug MacLean was running the operation. I’m talking about the people who remember when the Jackets and the Wings were in the Central Division, who had Hockeytown rubbed in their faces. Freaking Hockeytown.
The Red Wings won four Presidents’ Trophies and three Stanley Cups in the 2000s. The Wings were dominant against the Jackets through 2012-13. Nationwide was a sea of red whenever the Wings were in town.